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Talk about mike flynn, comey quotes the president as saying. referring to his recently fired national security adviser. i hope you can see your way clear to letting this go. to letting flynn bo go, comey says trump told him. hes a good guy, i hope you can let this go. comey goes on to say he prepared an unclassified memo of that con ver weighs be understanding the president was requesting he drop any probe into flynn. he shared that assessment with his fbi leadership team but declooir clined to ...

Well look at all the angles and implications tonight starting with cnns phil mattingly. >> reporter: nine one-on-one interactions with president trump. three in person and six on the phone details former fbi director james comey, describing one meeting with the president and other counterterrorism officials in the oval office where all but comey were asked to leave the room. i want to talk about mike flynn, comey quotes the president as saying. referring to his recently fired national security a...

Conversation, understanding that the president was requesting he drop any probe into flynn. he shared that assessment with his fbi leadership team, but declined to share it with attorney general jeff sessions on the assumption sessions would soon be recused. while those details were kept closely held, comey says the next time he spoke to sessions, quote, i took the opportunity to implore the attorney general to prevent any future direct communication between the president and me. comey also reco...